Collar fastener



J. GUS SETT.

COLLAR FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5. 192i.

1,427,531, Patented Aug. 29, 1922.

INVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT QhFlfiEl.

COLLAR FASTENEB.

Application filed November 5, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that J OHN Gossnrr, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairlield and State ofConnecticut, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in CollarFasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a novel and improved collar fastener and theobject of the invention is to provide a collar fastener for securing therear part of a collar to a shirt band which will be simple andinexpensive and more suited to its purpose than any l'ieretofore known.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention comprises theconstruction, arrangement and combination of parts as now to be fullydescribed and as hereinafter to be specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawing; forming a part of this specification,

Fig. 1 is an elevational view illustrating the rear of a shirt bandhaving the device of the invention applied. thereto;

Fig. 2 is a view in vertical section of a collar and neck band, showingmy collar fastener as in use;

Fig. 3 is an elevational view of the fastener detached; and

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the fastener.

lVith reference to the drawing, 10 denotes a shirt band. 11 a collar,and 12 denotes generally thefastener consisting of a longh.

tudin ally curved body 13 merging at 141 into a tongue 15 extendingtransversely of the body and being approximately parallel therewith. Thefree end of the tongue may be bent outwardly so that the fastener can bemore easily inserted in the button holes of a shirt band and collar.

It is to be noted that that edge of the longitudinally curved body 13which is to become the top when the fastener is in use, denoted by 16,lies in a single plane, and that the portion of said edge upon oppositesides of the tongue 15 are in direct alignment. The location 14 at whichthe body merges into the tongue defines a smooth curve positionedclosely adjacent the upper edge 16 of the body.

As is usual in the case of collar fasteners of the present type, thebody portion 13 is inserted between the folds of a neck bandSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1922.

Serial No. 512,999.

and the tongue is inserted first through the button hole 1'? of theouter fold of said band and then through the rear button hole 18 of acollar, the flat top edge 16 of the body lying closely adjacent thebutton hole 17 and the smoothly curved portion 14 of the fas tenerextending through the button holes 17 and 18.

Afastener of the construction shown and described will be fixed in theshirt band against accidental displacement. It cannot be drawn upwardlywhen in use, because the top edge of the longitudinally curved body 13,lying; closely adjacent the button hole 17, presents itself against thematerial of the outer fold of the shirt band when upward pressure isexerted against the fastener. The fastener cannot, obviously, be drawndownwardly unless intentionally removed from the shirt band.

By the provision of a body such as described and the arrangement of thetongue in the manner set forth, a verysimple and comfortable fastenerrequiring: but a minimum amount of space, allowing the collar to snuglyfit the shirt band and necessitating but a thin strip of material in thelower portions of, the folds of the band. is obtained.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A collar fastener comprising a longitudinally curved body having a topedge which in its entirety lies in a single plane and merges on a smoothcurve into a tongue, said tongue being parallel with and arrangedtransversely of said body, said top edge of said body being constructedto lie closely adjacent to the button hole of a shirt band, the materialof said fastener constituting; said smooth curve lying; in said buttonhole, and the material of the longitudinally curved body lying in itsentirety within said shirt band, whereby when said body is be tween thefolds of a shirt band and said tongue is inserted through said buttonhole, upward pressure against said tongue will be resisted by theengagement of said top edge against one of said folds.

Signed at Bridgeport, in the count of lhairfield and State ofConnecticut, this 2nd day of November, A. D. 1921.

JOHN GUSSETT.

